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206 <strong>Iron</strong> <strong>Kingdoms</strong><br />
108.1.141.197<br />
Khador’s Military<br />
Like the stones holding up the fortress, Khador’s<br />
massive military is built from its citizens. Every capable<br />
Khadoran is added to the list of possible conscripts—if<br />
he does not enlist on his own, of course—sometime<br />
during the month after his 17th birthday. Most young<br />
men enlist as a matter of pride, and a good number<br />
of women follow suit as well. The enlisted majority<br />
become Winter Guard, the backbone of the Khadoran<br />
military. Some survive and graduate to higher roles<br />
such as the prestigious brotherhood of <strong>Iron</strong> Fangs<br />
or the imposing Man-O-War shocktroopers who fight<br />
alongside the most powerful warjacks in all western<br />
Immoren.<br />
The massive armies of Khador personify their<br />
ideals: strength and resilience over all else. They are<br />
trained to smash an enemy’s defenses with decisive<br />
strikes but are more than ready to dig in their heels<br />
and outlast any force in a war of attrition if necessary.<br />
They are glorious to behold in their solidarity as they<br />
march, often hundreds deep, with Khadoran pennants<br />
whipping above their heads and flanked by titanic<br />
warjacks that shake the ground with each step. Many<br />
conflicts have been quelled without a single casualty<br />
when such a force marches into the area, for their<br />
reputation marches with them.<br />
The queen commands Khador’s legions through<br />
her High Kommand. This group of venerable career<br />
soldiers have defied the odds and retired from the<br />
field into prestigious positions. They lead not from<br />
behind a cannonade on the battlefield, but from the<br />
great war room chambers of Stasikov Palace in Korsk.<br />
Although they defer to the queen—who oft reminds<br />
them by directly commanding their officers—they<br />
comprise the main wartime minds that have her ear<br />
at all times.<br />
Volozkya of Khador<br />
Borstoi<br />
Borstoi is a western coastal territory that includes<br />
Port Vladovar and Skrovenberg and is bounded on the<br />
east by the Lothpool and Shadoweald Rivers. Kulvorn<br />
Bay makes Port Vladovar one of the best natural<br />
harbors in Khador and was once Ordic territory. Even<br />
after almost two centuries some northerners are still<br />
suspicious of the former Tordorans of this region.<br />
Skrovenberg to the north is more comfortably Khardic<br />
as are most of the intervening towns and villages.<br />
Borstoi is ruled by Great Prince Sergei Marvor.<br />
Dorognia<br />
A productive region, Dorognia includes Rorschik,<br />
Volningrad, Lake Volningrad, and the lands south<br />
of the lake to the border of Ord along with the<br />
Gallowswood. Most of the inhabitants of this region<br />
cluster around the great lake, the fertile lands near<br />
its shores, and the good farmland south of Rorschik.<br />
There is some logging of the northern Gallowswood,<br />
although most of this forest is still in the process<br />
of being tamed. Kommandant Karl Szvette, Count<br />
Martial of Volningrad, temporarily rules Dorognia<br />
after the arrest of Lord Boris Trevanik for cortex<br />
smuggling.<br />
Duwurkyn<br />
This mountainous region includes all of the Shard<br />
Spires Mountains and their numerous valleys and hills.<br />
The frozen peaks are home to the Nyss elves alone and<br />
are avoided by most humans. What few humans live in<br />
this region include some of the remaining barbarian<br />
tribes and a few barely more civilized old mountain<br />
towns of Kossites and their ilk. The inhabitants, when<br />
engaged in rare trading opportunities, stay well away<br />
from the winter stones that mark Nyss territory. Many<br />
other hazards exist in this region both from hostile<br />
creatures and the environment itself. Duwurkyn is<br />
ruled by Great Prince Ryczek Torinskyev.<br />
Feodoska<br />
This northern forested territory, bounded on the<br />
east by the Irkes and Tapping Rivers and on the west<br />
by the arctic bogs before Icebrand Lakes, includes<br />
Winterborn Lake and the Helvongen River along with<br />
a section of the western Scarsfell Forest commonly<br />
termed the Duvynwood. There are no major<br />
settlements in this region, but numerous small villages<br />
abound. Lord Forovi Descra, Prince in absentia since<br />
601 AR, rules Feodoska.<br />
Gorzytska<br />
This is arguably the most rugged mountain terrain<br />
in Khador and includes all of the Thundercliff Peaks<br />
up to the border of Rhul. Although the western
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